nitrate reductor
- Thread starter Noodus
- Start date
- Location
- Philippines
won't water changes reduce it :scratchch
inkblue said:
temporarily they will but if your nitrates keep climbing up often your setup is flawed and should be corrected if you want to provied the best environment for your fish, corals, and inverts.
I know I sound like a broken record but there is an easy answer.
GET A BIGGER/BETTER FREAKIN SKIMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have AZ-NO3 wihch reduces nitrate ,,i bought this a while back ago when i had a fish only with a bio-ball system ,never used it ,but this is not the way to rid of nitrate or anything of the sort ,there is a reason why you have nitrates ,,you need to know why ,,so a run down of what oyu are running for filters would be good ,
- Location
- Philippines
Jackson... what did he need again :lol: :bigeyes2:
72 gal with 18 gal refuge
80 lbs live rock
3 inch sand bed
lots of cheato macro alge
1 red mangrove
5 shaving brush plants
18 hermits
20 nassarius snails
1 mex turbo snail
1 tiger sea cucumber
10 green chromis (1.5 inches)
2 black saddleback clowns (1.5 inches)
1 yellow assessor (1.5 inches)
1 lawnmower blenny (3 inches)
1 fridmani dottyback (2 inches)
1 randall's shrimp goby (2 inches)
1 pistol shrimp
1 engineer goby
1 cleaner shrimp
lots of live critters on the live rock.
aquac ev-120 skimmer
eheim 2026 canister filter
bag of carbon
80 lbs live rock
3 inch sand bed
lots of cheato macro alge
1 red mangrove
5 shaving brush plants
18 hermits
20 nassarius snails
1 mex turbo snail
1 tiger sea cucumber
10 green chromis (1.5 inches)
2 black saddleback clowns (1.5 inches)
1 yellow assessor (1.5 inches)
1 lawnmower blenny (3 inches)
1 fridmani dottyback (2 inches)
1 randall's shrimp goby (2 inches)
1 pistol shrimp
1 engineer goby
1 cleaner shrimp
lots of live critters on the live rock.
aquac ev-120 skimmer
eheim 2026 canister filter
bag of carbon
jackson6745 said:
you should just open your own skimmer company already!
(i'll take a free sample)
truth is, nitrates should be handled by your live sand bed and live rock. if it is still climbing, add more rock/sand.
or feed less, your fuge should be providing a lot of food if you have so many critters.
- Location
- East Patchogue - Suffolk, NY
anyone thought about mangrove plants, either rooted in tank or sump....
Noodus, you have a lot of fish. Your current system can't keep up with your bio-load. Either decrease the amount of fish/feeding, upgrade skimmer, or increase the size and amount of water changes......very easy solution. You simply need to remove the waste in your tank.
- Location
- The Big City
I don't see any corals listed, is this a Fowlr and some inverts? Also the Eheim canister filter could be adding nitrates to the tank.
- Location
- The Big City
What are you nitrates running at anyway?
nitrates are running at 30ppm and i do have mushrooms, star polys, zoos, pagoda cup, and some other small corals. however i did just figure something out. i have two tanks and strip test is reading exactly the same for both. so i think there might be a chance my strip tests have gone bad. so i'm going to get a new nitrate tester and retest.
- Location
- Vernon, NJ
jackson6745 said:
I couldnt agree more!
the only thing I'll add is an ozone reactor w/ an redox controller
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